All The News Anti-Israel Posters Will Not Read Or Discuss 2

[Sixties Fan]

Israeli settlers announced their purchase of a three-story Palestinian building in Hebron near the Tomb of the Patriarchs on Sunday, in what is the second such publication of a property acquisition this year.


"By the grace of God, the Jewish community in Hebron is expanding," tweeted MK Orit Struck (Religious Zionist Party).


The move is part of a long-term campaign by Hebron's Jewish community and their supporters to expand its property holding in the section of the city under IDF military control.

This particular building is located in Hebron's Old Town, which the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization inscribed on its World Heritage in Danger list and registered it under the name of the state of Palestine.


The building has been named"House of Liberty" by settlers. Its purchase from its Palestinian owner was organized by the right-wing organization Harchivi.



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Settlers purchase Hebron home from Palestinian owner

The move is part of a long-term campaign by Hebron's Jewish community and their supporters to expand its property holding in the section of the city under IDF military control.

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[rylah]

Divorce rates in the Arab world are increasing, here’s why

The evolving status and self-perception of women has a lot to do with it, experts say

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[P F Tinmore]

• Norway and EU member states have restored funding to six Palestinian civil society organizations designated by Israel as terror-supporting organizations, thereby rejecting evidence submitted by Israel that such organizations are linked to the universally outlawed terror organization: “Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.”
• Funding terror contravenes international counter-terrorism conventions and resolutions to which Norway and the EU are party that criminalize funding terror. It also undermines distinct counter-terror provisions in the 1993-1995 Oslo Accords between the Palestinians and Israel and is incompatible with their active involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
• This decision to restore funding to terror-supporting NGOs is particularly serious in light of Norway’s and the EU’s special status both as witness to the Oslo Accords, but more so in light of Norway’s active involvement as the principal facilitator, mediator, host, and patron of the accords.
• Contrary to its special status as witness, sponsor, and facilitator of the Oslo Accords, Norway has consistently conducted a one-sided, partisan policy aimed at prejudging the issues that are still to be negotiated between the parties, such as the issue of Jerusalem and the permanent status of the territories.
• Facilitating international funding for supporting and encouraging Palestinian terror, including providing funds for salaries and benefits of terrorists serving prison sentences, is the antithesis of any genuine international action to promote human rights, peace, and stability in the Middle East.

How Norway and EU Are Undermining the Oslo Accords

They have decided to restore funding to NGOs linked to the outlawed terror organization: “Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.” - How Norway and EU Are Undermining the Oslo Accords

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They are not buying Israel's name calling.

 

[Sixties Fan]

They are not buying Israel's name calling.

Of course they are not.

They are Judeophobic, Antisemitic, and Jew hating to the core of the very depth of their hearts.

Being anti Israel is part of what is in the darkness of their worthless souls.

 

[rylah]

They are not buying Israel's name calling.

There's a difference between 'not buying'
and being bullied into submission, aka Islamism...

Norway Pride events halted after 2 killed in shooting at Oslo bar

Police say they are treating the deadly shootings as an ‘act of terrorism’, as organisers cancel the Pride parade.

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Fearful Norwegians Wonder: Are 'Swedish Conditions' Coming to the Streets of Oslo?

Sydney. London. Toronto.

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[P F Tinmore]

Of course they are not.

They are Judeophobic, Antisemitic, and Jew hating to the core of the very depth of their hearts.

Being anti Israel is part of what is in the darkness of their worthless souls.

They are Judeophobic, Antisemitic, and Jew hating to the core of the very depth of their hearts.

WOW, talk about name calling.

 

[Sixties Fan]

WOW, talk about name calling.

Poor Tinmore, he does not see himself or others as being Jew haters.

He knows he is, but accepting it is another matter.

 

[Sixties Fan]

At the end of last week, an assailant named Khalid Mehdiyev was arrested in Brooklyn, New York outside the home of an Iranian dissident journalist named Masih Alinejad.

The Iranian-American journalist is a well-known human rights activist and was previously the target of an Islamic Republic kidnapping plot in 2020.

She commented in 2021 after that plot was foiled, “I would love to visit Israel. I’m sure that saying this will lead to more threats against me and my family, but someone should take a step, break this taboo and speak up against this hate propagated by the regime.”

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Pro-Israel Iranian in NY Hunted by Muslim Thug with Loaded AK-47 | United with Israel

Khalid Mehdiyev was arrested in Brooklyn with a loaded machine gun, over $1,000 in cash, and multiple license plates.

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[Sixties Fan]

Turkish NBA player and human rights activist Enes Kanter Freedom landed in Israel on Thursday to lead a basketball camp in Jerusalem for Muslim, Jewish, Christian and Druze girls and boys.

The former Boston Celtics center, who is currently a free agent, posted a video on his Instagram story of his arrival in Tel Aviv, two days after the Enes Kanter Freedom Unity Basketball Camp began at the YMCA in Jerusalem.

The camp for youth ages 10-15 is being run along with the non-profit groups Athletes for Israel, Bnai Zion and Together Vouch for Each Other U.S., and with help from Tamir Goodman, an American-Israeli former professional basketball player and now coach who was dubbed “The Jewish Jordan” by Sports Illustrated in 1999.

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Muslim NBA Star Teams Up With ‘Jewish Jordan’ for Jerusalem Camp | United with Israel

NBA’s Enes Kanter Freedom in Israel to run Jerusalem basketball camp with ‘Jewish Jordan’ Tamir Goodman.

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[Sixties Fan]

The world’s unjustified obsession with the Arab-Israeli conflict is causing more serious conflicts to be overlooked.

 

[Sixties Fan]

It may be the doldrums of summer, but the media’s well-worn loop minimizing and concealing Palestinian violence played on relentless overdrive this week. Today’s Associated Press headline provides a stark example, readily apparent even through July’s hazy heat.

“Palestinians say Israeli fire kills teen in West Bank rally,” is AP’s headline, with the leading news agency reinventing the English language.

According to Merriam-Webster, “rally” refers to “a mass meeting intended to arouse group enthusiasm.”

Rallies do not involve violence, but Friday’s deadly gathering most certainly did. What erroneously AP referred to as a “rally” is a better known as a violent clash.

The AP’s opening sentence likewise peddles the false notion that Israeli troops fired on a peaceful crowd of rally participants, stating “Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinian protesters.”

But as Agence France Presse accurately reported (“Palestinian teen shot dead by Israel army: ministry“):

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Media Rally Around Palestinians

'Palestinians say Israeli fire kills teen in West Bank rally' cites today's AP headline regarding a violent clash. It's just one instance this week

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Sign Our Petition: Help End UN-Backed Hate Campaign Against Israel and the Jewish People | Honest Reporting

Sign Our Petition Help End UN-Backed Hate Campaign Against Israel and the Jewish People On July 25, a UN expert tasked with investigating the Jewish state

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[Sixties Fan]

Al Quds News says that the Russians are quite justified in closing down the Jewish Agency there, because it is just a front for the usual evil Jewish plots:

The basis of the crisis is neither Ukraine nor the bombing of Damascus airport, but rather the work of the Jewish Agency itself in Russia, an act of sabotage that other countries do not dare, as this agency operates freely, to look at it objectively and effectively....

The Russian direct accusation to the Jewish Agency is that it collects information on Russian citizens, as it does in all the countries in which it operates, and chooses among them those who are qualified to immigrate to the entity, according to its requirements and needs. The Jewish Agency, with all its branches, considers the countries of the world to be a human reservoir for the growth of the Zionist entity, without regard to the affiliation of these Jewish people to their countries and society, because it basically considers that the Jew is not capable of assimilation and that he must emigrate. A recent study on the work of the Jewish Agency in the world states that its employees approach them in the places where they live, and begin to teach about the entity and settlement and the benefits of their immigration.

The Russian authorities accuse the agency of encouraging “brain drain” from their countries, as they were educated in their schools and universities, and benefited from the scientific development there, and where their emigration abroad (the Zionist entity) represents a human and scientific loss to their motherland. In addition, Russian officials accuse the Jewish Agency of keeping the data it collected about its citizens outside the country, meaning that it has come into the hands of other countries, especially the Zionist entity.

Regardless of the fact that the work of the Jewish Agency is a criminal act against the Palestinian people because it facilitates the migration of Jews from countries of the world to settle in Palestine, kill its people, destroy its civilization, Judaize its sanctities, and distort its Arab and Islamic landmarks, the work of this Agency can be considered an act of sabotage to the societies of the world, because it separates the Jews and spreads hatred and discrimination against other citizens who do not belong to the Jewish religion.

See? Not only is the Jewish Agency antisemitic, but everything Jews do is meant to hurt Palestinians!

Palestinian news site accuses Jewish Agency of spying worldwide

Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.

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[Sixties Fan]

Kanter came to Jerusalem on Thursday to help co-host a multi-faith basketball camp in Jerusalem with former college basketball star Tamir Goodman. He hosted another basketball camp in Haifa with Jewish and Arab kids and also visited holy sites on his trip, which was underwritten by Bnai Zion, Athletes for Israel and Together Vouch for Each Other U.S.

On Sunday morning, he ascended the Temple Mount, where he spoke to his 776,000 Twitter followers in English and Turkish, wearing a shirt reading “Pro-Peace Anti-War.”

“As Salamu Alaykum from Al-Aqsa and Qubbat As-Sakhrah to all my Muslim brothers and sisters around the world,” he wrote. “May Allah bring inner peace, spiritual awakening, health, prosperity, love, joy & happiness. May the lessons of solidarity, mercy & compassion be an inspiration to all of us.”

That important message of peace from a prominent Muslim role model in front of the Al-Aqsa Mosque should have been highlighted in Iran and throughout the Muslim world. If they are going to cover Touba, why not Kanter?
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But the Muslim children will only know about his visit if it is reported by websites that they read. Kanter’s visit was covered by plenty of Israeli and Jewish news sites but not by mainstream media from around the world and not by websites in Arabic or Turkish.

And if those children get their news from social media, as kids around the world do nowadays, they would read about Kanter being called a “Zionist stooge,” “Mossad agent” and a “radical Zionist terrorist helping Israel massacre children.”

When Bal Harbor, Florida, mayor Gabriel Groisman tweeted positively about Kanter’s visit, anti-Israel tweeter Clemenza responded: “Enes Kanter ‘freedom’ has always been a warmongering Zionist Shill Fraud pretending to care about Human Rights. So he pretends to care about Muslims in China but not Muslims anywhere else in the world, especially Zionist places, got it! ”

Clemenza, the Muslim children who learned how to play basketball from Enes Kanter Freedom and also learned about tolerance from him would beg to differ.

Kanter faced charges from anti-Israel activists that he helped the Jewish state engage in what they called “sportswashing,” which was defined in a recent Guardian article as an attempt by nation-states to use sports to sanitize their reputations and launder their crimes.

“The primary objective of Israeli sporting diplomacy is that when you hear the country’s name, you won’t think of any of this,” the Guardian article said. “You won’t think about military checkpoints or the bombing of Gaza or the Palestinian occupation, or really Palestinians at all. Instead you’ll think about golden beaches, rooftop cocktails, Lionel Messi and Chris Froome bathed in a glorious sunset.”

But Kanter did not flee from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at all. He dove right into it, and he took steps to resolve it that will not be forgotten.

He did not take any pictures on the beach. He was photographed teaching Jewish and Arab kids to play together.
This should have merited coverage in Palestinian media. But instead, they, like their Iranian counterparts, focused on boycotts of Israel.

The Al-Quds website in Arabic complained about two Arab players who came to Israel this week with their teams: Moroccan Achraf Hakimi Mouh, who plays for Paris Saint-Germain, and Egyptian Mostafa Mohamed Ahmed Abdallah, a striker for French Ligue 1 club FC Nantes.

What Al-Quds failed to report is that Hakimi Mouh and the rest of his Paris Saint-Germain team met with the Jewish and Muslim kids of Save a Child’s Heart, an Israeli non-profit and humanitarian group that performs heart operations on children in Israel and worldwide.

The readers of Al-Quds, like the readers of IQNA, deserve to know the truth.

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Sportsmanship vs 'Sportswashing' During NBA Player's Israel Visit | Honest Reporting

The International Quran News Agency (IQNA) is the first and only specialized Quran news agency in the Islamic world and publishes daily in an impressive

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[Sixties Fan]

The Levin/Stevens race proves that hypocritical J-Street is way out of the mainstream for American Jews

Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.

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According to Islamic Jihad, 17-year-old Dherar al-Kafrini, killed during an Israeli arrest raid in Jenin last night, is one of their own. “Our heroic martyr,” as the Palestinian terrorist organization put it.

For Associated Press, that makes al-Kafrini a prime candidate for a biographical touch up.

The leading news agency, which promises “world-class content,” has an enduring habit of airbrushing out the terror affiliation of Palestinian fatalities.

Thus, multiple Associated Press captions today about al-Kafrini’s funeral all ignore the fact that Islamic Jihad identified him as one of its fighters. The only biographical information that the news agency provides about al-Kafrini is that he was 17.

“Bring stories to life,” exults AP, even as it buries the inconvenient facts about Palestinian casualties in the proverbial coffin.

A sampling of today’s problematic captions follows. Some of the photos show Al-Kafrini’s body decked out with PIJ’s logo, a visual affirmation of the affiliation which AP steadfastly ignores. The first image below is designated as an “APTOPIX,” granting it greater visibility.


A mourner cries while she takes the last look at the body of Dherar al-kafrini, 17 years old, at the family house during his funeral in the West Bank refugee camp of Jenin, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. Al-kafrini was killed and another Palestinian wounded during an Israeli military raid late Monday in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

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AP Touches Up Bio For 'Our Heroic Martyr'

Islamic Jihad claimed Dherar al-Kafrini, killed during an Israeli arrest raid in Jenin, as 'our heroic martyr.' For Associated Press, that makes the young

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[Sixties Fan]

While one would expect the United Nations to prioritize investigations of Iran’s human rights abuses, the international body focuses disproportionately on Israel, the only country whose human rights record is a permanent agenda item for the UN Human Rights Council.

Currently, the UN operates a commission whose sole purpose is vilifying Israel. Miloon Kothari sits on the commission and recently claimed that social media is controlled by Jews, questioning if Israel deserved to have its UN membership revoked. Kothari also accused Israel of practicing “apartheid” and “settler colonialism” against the Palestinians.

In reality, Israel is a pluralistic, democratic society that consistently earns high scores from Freedom House for its policies vis a vis civil liberties and political rights.

While the UN occupies itself with investigations of the only democratic country in the Middle East, Israel, Iran brutalizes its own people.

According to AFP, Iran’s eye-for-an-eye law is applied at the request of the victims or their families, which are reportedly more likely to accept financial compensation from the attackers, also known as “blood money.”


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Blinded by Hate: Iran Gouges Eyes Out, UN Focuses on Israel | United with Israel

Iran uses judicially mandated torture and capital punishment with impunity, while the United Nations puts the Jewish state under a microscope for defending itself.

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[Sixties Fan]

Yisrael Medad found this ad in Haaretz from 1935:



It days that Ramallah is the nicest place in Eretz Yisrael, and invites people who want to escape the heat and enjoy the clean air to visit the Grand Hotel Ramallah. The hotel featured dances and tennis as well as running water.

I found the equivalent ad in English in the Palestine Post:




It turns out that hotels in Ramallah before 1948 enjoyed holding dance contests on weekends. Here's an ad for the Harb Hotel Kit-Kat Casino from 1933:




The interesting thing is that while these ads attempted to attract Jews to the hotels, the main clientele for the dances was Arab.



Just as in Egypt, the social scene for Arabs in Palestine in the 1930s and 1940s was far more liberal than today.

The Grand Park Hotel in Ramallah today has a pool, but there are restrictions on who can go, as this 2019 poster (the most recent one I could find) states in the small print:




A woman visiting the hotel alone who wants to swim is out of luck. And you simply cannot find photos of people swimming in that pool because photos of women swimming would cause an uproar.

A mixed-couples dance is severely restricted under Palestinian rule today - in fact, the rare times it happens, trouble follows, and the dance scene there is mostly under the radar.

It is ironic that the more conservative Palestinian society becomes, the more "progressive" its supporters are.

Before 1948, Jews could cool down at hotels in Ramallah

Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.

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[Sixties Fan]

Unbalanced Journalism: How The Guardian Only Shows One Side of the Story​

Aside from the above-mentioned issues, the main problem with McKernan’s article is that it presents a terribly one-sided and skewed portrayal of COGAT and the Civil Administration in the West Bank, reading more like a hit piece than a balanced piece of journalism.

At no point does this piece feature a response from COGAT, the Civil Administration or any former soldiers who present an alternative narrative to that presented in this article. This last point is particularly troublesome as it leaves the impression that, upon completing their service, many ex-COGAT soldiers are dissatisfied with what they did as part of the Civil Administration.

Similarly, The Guardian’s piece relies heavily on a report by Breaking The Silence while not once mentioning that this NGO is the subject of controversy in Israel and has been accused numerous times of publishing fabricated or misleading testimonies against the IDF (see here, here, and here).

This is common for McKernan’s pieces on Israel, having previously uncritically cited controversial Israeli organizations such as B’Tselem and Kerem Navot.

Lastly, the only soldier that McKernan cited by name in her article is Joel Carmel, who served in COGAT for both Gaza and the West Bank. This is not the first time that Carmel has spoken out about his military service, having previously been the subject of a 2020 piece in Business Insider. At the time, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA) published an in-depth analysis of Carmel’s allegations and had discovered a number of claims made by him that were disputed by soldiers who either served alongside him or who performed similar roles in COGAT.

However, just like her presentation of Breaking the Silence’s report, McKernan treats Carmel like an unimpeachable witness who can be taken at his word.

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The Guardian Publishes One-Sided Portrayal of Israel's 'Bureaucratic Power' Over the Palestinians | Honest Reporting

The article seeks to stigmatize Israeli bureaucracy, makes misleading claims that are lacking in context, and is overall terribly one-sided.

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